General Election wins vote to go on at Turfway Park

9:53 PM,
Mar. 2, 2013

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As the horses were in the paddock for Saturday's $75,000 John Battaglia Memorial at Turfway Park, trainer Kellyn Gorder remarked that the stakes was General Election's last chance to show he deserved something loftier - like a Kentucky Derby prep.

General Election made the most of the opportunity, swooping on the outside to wear down the erratic Giant Finish for a half-length victory.

"He made his move at the three-eighths," said jockey Albin Jimenez. "I took him out a little bit and he was flying. Beautiful horse - big and strong." ...